Published: May 08, 2008 11:50 pm            

School, city elections set for Saturday

Voters in Huntsville and New Waverly go to the polls Saturday to cast ballots in City Council and school district trustee elections.

In addition, New Waverly voters will decide if they want an additional sales and use tax for the city or if they want to create a library district.

Voting hours for both Huntsville and New Waverly are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The New Waverly Independent School District’s central office will serve as the polling place for New Waverly’s elections, and Huntsville voters will report to several locations based on precinct.

Early voting ended Tuesday with an additional 300 early votes in both cities, bringing the combined total of early votes in Huntsville and New Waverly to 1,100.

According to the Walker County Voter Registrar’s office, there are 14,158 registered voters for the May 10 City of Huntsville elections and 25,448 voters in the Huntsville ISD election.

Five candidates are seeking two positions on the Huntsville Independent School District trustees ballot.

Incumbent Karin Olson Williams seeks re-election to Position 4, and she is opposed by Steve Fisher.

Position 5 incumbent Glenn Green is opposed by Pamela Baggett and Ron Keeler.

Williams and Green are both completing their first three-year terms in office.

The four at large positions on the nine-member City council are on the ballot with only one contested race.

The only contested race is between Ray Martin and Lanny Ray, who are seeking the councilmember at large, Position 4.

Councilmembers Dalene Zender and Melissa Mahaffey are both unopposed in seeking re-election to at large Positions 1 and 2, respectively, and Charles Forbus is unopposed on the ballot for Position 3.

Polling places for Saturday’s city election are:

Precinct 101, Ward 3 — Justice Center Building, 717 FM 2821 West.

Precinct 102, Ward 1 — Walker County Courthouse Annex, 1301 Sam Houston Avenue.

Precinct 201, Ward 2 — First Presbyterian Church, 1801 19th St.

Precinct 205, Ward 4 — Elkins Lake Recreation Corp., 634 Cherry Hills.

Precinct 206, Ward 2 — Region VI Education Building, 3332 Montgomery Road.

Precinct 301, Ward 3 — Martin Luther King Jr. Center, 300 MLK Blvd.

Precinct 401, Ward 4 — University Heights Baptist Church, 2400 Sycamore Ave.

Polling places inside Huntsville for the HISD election are:

Precinct 101, Ward 3 — Justice Center Building, 717 FM 2821 West.

Precinct 102, Ward 1 — Walker County Courthouse Annex, 1301 Sam Houston Avenue.

Precinct 201, Ward 2 — First Presbyterian Church, 1801 19th St.

Precinct 205, Ward 4 — Elkins Lake Recreation Corp., 634 Cherry Hills.

Precinct 206, Ward 2 — Region VI Education Building, 3332 Montgomery Road.

Precinct 301, Ward 3 — Martin Luther King Jr. Center, 300 MLK Blvd.

Precinct 401, Ward 4 — University Heights Baptist Church, 2400 Sycamore Ave.

Polling places outside Huntsville for the HISD election are:

Precinct 103/104 — Justice Center Building, 717 FM 2821 West.

Precinct 203/204 — Walker County Fairgrounds, 3925 State Highway 30 West.

Precincts 302-303-402-403-404 — Calvary Baptist Church, 1135 U.S. Highway 190.’

Precinct 304 — Riverside City Hall, 2352 FM 980.

According to the Walker County Voter Registrar’s office, there are 638 registered voters in the City of New Waverly and 2,921 registered voters in the New Waverly Independent School District.

In New Waverly, six candidates seek four at large positions on the City council ballot.

Incumbents Vince Paulsel, Nathaniel James and Jacob Slott seek re-election to two-year terms.

The incumbents are joined by Cynthia Vance, Mike Kilgore and Allen Koonce.

Additionally, New Waverly residents will vote for or against “the adoption of an additional sales and use tax within the City of New Waverly at the rate of one-half cent of 1 percent to be used to reduce the property tax rate.”

A second proposition voters may vote for or against would create “the New Waverly Library District and adoption of a local sales and use tax in the New Waverly Library District at the rate of one-half of 1 percent to provide revenue for the district.”

        

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